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Malaria costs African economy US$12bn annually
Malaria related health expenditures and lost productivity cost Africa's economy an estimated US$12billion every year, a study has concluded.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- global health, malaria
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The Side Effect Of That New Malaria Drug? American Jobs
The researchers found that between 2007 and 2015, the U.S. government invested $14 billion in global health research and development. And that created 200,000 new American jobs and returned $33 billion to the U.S. economy.
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Google releases 20 million mosquitos in Fresno, California
The so-called Debug Project by Alphabet’s life-sciences unit has set itself a lofty goal: “To reduce the devastating global health impact that disease-carrying mosquitoes inflict on people around the world.”
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After Successful Bed Net Campaigns in Ghana, Creating A Thriving, Sustainable Commercial Market
he number of malaria cases on the continent has dropped, with 6.8 million lives saved since 2000. Sixty percent of that can be attributed to insecticide-treated bed nets. It’s the single most-effective tool against malaria.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BASF unveils new mosquito net in battle against malaria
A new mosquito net made by German chemicals company BASF has been given an interim recommendation by the World Health Organization (WHO), containing a new class of insecticide that the company hopes will aid the fight against malaria.
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Large market share for non-quality-assured malaria medicines in Africa
A new study of malaria medicine quality in 8 sub-Saharan African countries has found a large and potentially growing market for non-quality-assured (QA) malaria treatments—medicines not pre-approved by global health organizations - as much as 20% of the private-sector market in Kenya, and 42% in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ted 2017: Frugal scientist offers malaria tools
Manu Prakash, a bio-engineer at Stanford University, designs cheap tools that can make a big difference in the poorest parts of the world.
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Malaria: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi get first vaccine
The world's first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries - Ghana, Kenya and Malawi - starting in 2018. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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